[Distutils] Deleting build directory

cool-RR cool-rr at cool-rr.com
Sat Nov 14 00:43:54 CET 2009


On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 1:39 AM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Ram Rachum <cool-rr at cool-rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Would I have to type it when calling setup.py?
> > I want something that won't require that, and
> > would work when the user does the normal "setup.py
> > install".
>
> You cannot delete the build directory automatically by default, that
> would force you to rebuild everytime you call setup.py. Why do you
> want to delete the build directory everytime ?
>
> David
>

What I really want is never having to worry about the build directory being
around after doing any actions with `setup.py`. Do you have any other
suggestion? Also, how will it hurt me that `setup.py` rebuilds every time?

Ram.

-- 
Sincerely,
Ram Rachum
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